XFree Resources
Published on 21 Sep 2003Tags #X11
XFree resources allow presetting preferences of most clients in ~/.Xdefaults and ~/.Xresources. These files are merged into the resources database by running xrdb -merge ~/.Xresource. Resources that are recognized by a client are usually documented in the accompanying man page.
The following example contains my XTerm and XScreensaver preferences:
XTerm*font: -*-lucidatypewriter-medium-r-*-*-12-*-*-*-*-*-*
XTerm*boldFont: -*-lucidatypewriter-medium-r-*-*-12-*-*-*-*-*-*
XTerm*boldMode: false
XTerm*reverseVideo: true
XTerm*color7: gray70
XTerm*scrollBar: false
XTerm*saveLines: 1024
XTerm*scrollLines: 1
XTerm*scrollKey: true
XTerm*scrollTtyOutput: false
XTerm*loginShell: true
xscreensaver.timeout: 30
xscreensaver.cycle: 0
xscreensaver.lock: true
xscreensaver.lockTimeout: 60
xscreensaver.passwdTimeout: 20
xscreensaver.dpmsEnabled: false
xscreensaver.dpmsStandby: 15
xscreensaver.dpmsSuspend: 20
xscreensaver.dpmsOff: 25
xscreensaver.splash: false
xscreensaver.fade: true
xscreensaver.unfade: true
xscreensaver.fadeSeconds: 3
xscreensaver.fadeTicks: 20
xscreensaver.mode: blank
xscreensaver.pointerPollTime: 10
xscreensaver.procInterrupts: true
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